Curled One Sided Gyaru Updo Hairstyle Tutorial

This is another one of those tutorials that’s been a long time coming. I’m doing my best to get through all the requests  now that I have inspiration again XD

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

So a lot of people asked how to I did this style for the Nuffnang Christmas party…

Nuffnang Christmas Party 2010

Well there is a trick… it’s done with 2 types of hair extension ^_^ One of these plain track ones:

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

And one of these ones which are supposed to go over a pony tail on big clippies:

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

I bought my extensions from Bodyline and they were very cheap but decent quality. For the two of them I think I paid about $18. By using extensions you can do this style with pretty much any length hair at all ^_^

Also obviously these extensions don’t match my hair colour since I dyed my hair again but hopefully that will make it easier for you to see what is my hair and what is extensions!

What you need:

  • 1 set of hair extensions on clip in tracks (curled)
  • 1 matching clip in ponytail (curled)
  • Bobby pins
  • Brush
  • Hair Spray

Ok starting with clean brushed hair, grab the track extension and fold up the track like this:

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Holding it in one hand, use your other hand to grab half of the tips, scrunch it up…

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Plonk it on the top of your head like this…

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

You should have a couple of long curls hanging down the side like this and the rest piled on top in random curls. Pin it in place ^_^

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Divide your natural hair in 3 sections, one on each side and one at the back. On the side that has the hanging bit, pull the section of natural hair backwards.

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Scrunch it up in your hand loosely and pin it at the back of your head where the top of the extensions meet your scalp…

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Pinned it looks all scrunchy like this:

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Repeat on the other side…

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Pin it down!

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Ok time for the clippy part!

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

On the side that had the hanging curls, hold them up and out of the way for a second. Clip the hair piece right above your ear and into your natural hair…

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Let go of the curls so they fall over the top and you end up with something like this…

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Now that is much too unbalanced on the side for my tastes and it looks terrible at the back so lets finish up! You should still have a piece hanging down the back of your natural hair. Pull that up…

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Scrunch it up…

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Pin it in place ^_^

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Now let’s cover the back up so it blends in more ^_^ Grab a handfull of the side ponytail her from the top:

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Pull it around the back and pin in place over the top of your natural hair. You can chose to leave a couple of strands hanging down or you could pin them up to your head.

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

Hair spray the hell out of it ^_^

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

If you need to, fix up the curls with your fingers so they are perfect.

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

There you have it! You can add some bows or flowers or clippies or something else to decorate it!

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

From the side…

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And the other side!

Big One Sided  Hair Style Tutorial

So there you go! If you practice you can have it all up and finished in about 15 minutes 😀 Hope you enjoyed the tutorial ^_^

Melbourne Snapshots!

It’s been a while since I’ve done snapshots so there are lots this time!

Earlier this week we had a crazy wet day, lots of places here in Aus have flooded and people have been losing their houses to the water *_* It hadn’t been raining very much where we live until yesterday when there was a sudden down pour, of course I had picked that day for an epic shopping trip -_-‘

This river I’m next to is actually where the tram was supposed to be… the track was under like 3-4 inches of water!

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It looks like a boat!

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I’ve had a lot of business meetings with people this week too, very lucky that some of them aren’t as boring as others… some of them involve gigantic pink guava drinks 😀

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Having a business lunch with Marie from One Day in Paradise at the Guava Bean. Omg those drinks were soo good!

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We saw this beautiful car the other day in a bridal precession. The poor bride looked like she was dying from the heat though!

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The shops here are fully decked out in Christmas stuff now. This is the first time I’ve been to see “Christmas windows”. The theme this year was The Nutcracker, while they were kind of pretty..

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The dolls faces kind of creep me out…

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Oh this is my favorite busker! He sings kind of Japanese blues with a slide guitar and he’s really good, I want to buy one of his cds when I have the money!

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I’ve actually been able t get out more to do some holiday shopping lately. I haven’t decided what t pu on my Christmas list but I’m thinking new clothes because I’m so sick of my wardrobe.

I almost bought this cute bowler hat, yay for hats in summer!

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James of course just wants to look at cameras when we go out XD

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It seemed to go from Winter to Spring to Summer over the course of like a week, all of the trees are now completely green and so pretty!

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All of the streets look like this now:

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Architecture time!

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I saw this tiny little sparrow having a bath in the dirt, so cute! ^_^

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I also saw this doggie pillow that I really want to make in a show window display:

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I managed to find these cute tights on sale from Halloween too XD

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James was the photographer for the Rock and Roll Ultimate Jam Sessions so he spent the day playing with classic cars.

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Of course with Super Kawaii Mama there passers by wanted photos too XD

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The inside of the theatre was beautiful..

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I got to meet up with Nessbow too who is so crazily stylish. Of course I completely forgot about photos because we were having too much fun XD I only got this one of her coming across the road! She brought James and I Halloween candy, so nice!

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We spent that day getting supplies for making flower hair clips 😀

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I had to post these funny drinks we found the other day, the pink one is supposed to make you more beautiful because it contains collagen and the green has chlorophyl XD Sounds so wrong but tastes so good!

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We took James to Costco for the first time too this week! He was so excited because we really don’t have anything like Costco here in Aus XD

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Most exciting part for me… seeing a wall of Buenos! Hahahaha!

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Ok I lied… the most exciting part was the yummy berry sundae at the end!

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James got himself a hotdog and we all spent about 20min laughing at the diy onion dispener thing >_< Again sounds so wrong but tastes so good…

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The result:

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We did *so* much shopping that day, mostly groceries that we really needed but also spending some early Christmas money on clothes and house hold things.

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Between Celeste, Kev, James and I our bags took up more chairs than we did at lunch XD

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At lunch we came across who shall now be known as “Passive Agressive Santa”. He came up to us when we were eating lunch and said hello, we said hello back and continued eating as none of us are of Santa appropriate age anymore XD

He then stated loudly “I hope you’re not ignoring Santa! People that ignore Santa don’t get any presents!”. So we played along and took a photo with him, it was very awkward and his beard was very scratchy!

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I photobombed Kev and Celeste! Santa also questioned James’ photography skills and made a couple of other creepy comments >_<

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James was less serious! When we had finished our meal and paid our bill he came walking after us saying “You’re not running away from Santa are you?! You’ll get no presents”. Thus Passive Aggressive Santa was born and quoted for the rest of the day.

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On the way out we saw a less Passive Aggressive Santa… though someone seems to have applied lipstick to this one and he’s wearing a skirt. So he was dubbed Cross Dressing Santa. I find him a lot less disturbing than regular Santa XD

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Later that day I also found something that might make me want to clean the house more often… leopard print mop!

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And lastly I will leave you with this absolutely terrible costume that James spotted in a junk store XD So wrong!

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What have you all been up to?

Nuffnang Competition- A Blog Adventure Thanks to Kodak

This post was sponsored by Nuffnang and Kodak.
For more information on sponsored posts please click here.

I love making videos but I generally don’t have time to edit them so I don’t post as often as I would like. To celebrate the opening of Kodak’s online store, Nuffnang and Kodak gave me the opportunity to test out one of the new Kodak PlaySport pocket video cameras so I thought it would be a good chance to finally do something fun!

They asked me to share a day in my life and I thought it might be fun to cover some of the… misconceptions that people have had about me and my life in the past XD

Note- This video was edited using Final Cut Express.

As you can see, being a blogger really isn’t as awesome as a lot of people tend to assume hahaha! I just tend to work from 10am-10pm being boring in front of a computer, I don’t leave the house very often (thus the lack of snapshots posts lately!), I do boring things like send invoices and write email after email after email…. you get the idea XDThat said when I do actually get out and use a video camera it needs to be sturdy because well…I’m very clumsy.  I dropped the camera about 10 times in the short time that I had it >_< And of course all of our electronics need to be able tot survive one of my pillow throwing morning wake up calls! Luckily the Kodak PlaySport was apparently built for stuff like that! As I don’t do anything water related, I couldn’t really showcase this camera’s other main feature: waterproofness without taking it in the shower with me (not going to happen!). Of course after racking my brains for hours over how I could show that the Kodak PlaySport is waterproof and coming up with absolutely nothing… now I realise I could have shown you some marbled nail art techniques… with the camera actually in the water I was marbling on!! I always think of awesome things after the deadline is up >_<

Next time! Maybe I could even try to take some more video before I have to give it back… hmm…

Anyway here is the product information about the camera itself and details of the competition to win one of your own:

What they say about it:
Heads up, adrenaline junkies. The new KODAK PLAYSPORT Pocket Video Camera has as much appetite for adventure as you do. And it’s not afraid to get wet. This audacious little camera can plunge up to 10 ft. under water and capture the entire experience in full 1080p HD. And you don’t need to worry about blurry footage when things get a little shaky. With built-in image stabilization, the KODAK PLAYSPORT will stay steady as a rock. From the waves, to the slopes, to the mud-soaked trails, this baby was made for the extremes. Life’s an adventure. Soak it up with the KODAK PLAYSPORT.

  • Waterproof up to 10 ft. (3 m)
  • Full 1080p HD video
  • Electronic image stabilization
  • Brilliant 2.0” color display, Capture 5 MP HD stills (16:9)
  • Edit and upload to the web with built-in software and included USB cable
  • Smart face tracking technology
  • Incredible low-light performance
  • SD/SDHC card slot expandable up to 32 GB
  • Rugged design
  • Rechargeable Li-Ion battery with in-camera charging
  • Compatible with MAC and PC

Like what you see? Click here to find out more about the Kodak PlaySport and other great Kodak products.

So competition time!

Here are the details from Kodak about the competition you guys can enter:
To win one of these awesome rugged Kodak PlaySport cameras and a suite of great Kodak products, dream up a photo and write a blog post of what crazy adventure you’d  go on if you had a Kodak PlaySport – but the catch is, you need to take the photo at home.
So… if your dream is to take a Kodak PlaySport on Safari with you, all you need to do is to pose in a safari suit, with your  little sister’s stuffed animals as the wild animals in your “safari park”… Maybe include a pot plant that can pose as a palm tree…. you get the idea.
Prizes will be distributed as follows:

One overall prize winner (as judged by Kodak) will receive:

  • 1 x Kodak PlaySport
  • $200 voucher to Kodak online store
  • 1 x Kodak Pulse Digital Frame
  • 1 x Kodak 4Gig SD Card
  • 1 x Kodak Adventure Mount
  • 1 x Kodak Striped Bungee Neck Strap


There will be four runner up winners (as judged by Kodak). Each will receive:

  • $100 voucher to Kodak online store
  • 1 x Kodak Single Use Camera – Water and Sport

Competition will run from Tuesday 7th December 2010 and closes at 5pm EST on Tuesday 21st December 2010. *edit: dates change for the end of the comp /edit* The competition will be judged on creativity and is open to Australian residents only.

Once your entry blog post is live, you will need to post the URL on the Nuffnang’s blog post for it to be considered. Click here for Nuffnang’s Post!

Good luck everyone! I’m sure one of your would be able to put it to better use than I could with my non-rugged life! ^_^